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EARTHQUAKES in Costa Rica in 2012 - DOUBLE the amount!!!

In this year, 2012, Costa Rica experienced double the normal amount of
earthquakes.

The Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa
Rica said that there were 11,049 quakes detected this year compared
with 5,483 in 2011 and 6,245 in 2010.

And the scientists said that there were 115 events that were
characterized as felt earthquakes.

The Observatorio said these are quakes greater than 2.0 magnitude.

In addition, the Observatorio, which is an agency of the Universidad
Nacional in Heredia, said that the Sept. 5 quake at Sámara this
year was the second most powerful one in Costa Rica's history. The
quake registered a magnitude of 7.6. That is surpassed only by the 1950
Nicoya quake that had a

7.8
magnitude, said the Observatorio. Other quakes did more damage
and took more lives, but simply in magnitude, these are the two
greatest.

The effects of the Sept. 5 quake can be seen clearly in the number of
felt quakes by month. Typically there are from five to seven such
quakes a month. But in September there were 28 felt quakes, and in
October there were 20, said the Observatorio. November saw 21, but the
number dropped to six in December, according to the report.

In fact, there have been slightly more quakes because the Observatorio
report was prepared by Floribeth Vega Solano and Victor González
Salas on Dec. 10, and it predates quakes since then. There were nine
felt quakes from Friday through Sunday, for example.

The bulk of the felt quakes were along the Pacific coast and in the
central mountains. Most are the result of subduction of the Coco
tectonic plate under the lighter Caribbean plate on which Costa Rica
rides.